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1918—1977
A Biographical Memoir by
Vincent P. Dole
Biographical Memoir
Copyright 1995
National Academies Press
washington d.c.
G E O R G E C O N S TA N T I N C O T Z I A S
June 16, 1918–June 13, 1977
BY VINCENT P. DOLE
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1947
With W. H. Sweet, J. Seed, and P. Yakovlev. Gastrointestinal hemor-
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With G. I. Lavin and D. D. Van Slyke. Observations on normal and
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1949
With J. H. Baxter. Effects of proteinuria on the kidney. Proteinuria,
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1950
With V. P. Dole, L. K. Dahl, H. A. Eder, and M. E. Krebs. Dietary
treatment of hypertension. Clinical and metabolic studies of pa-
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1951
With V. P. Dole, L. K. Dahl, D. D. Dziewiatkowski, and C. Harris.
Dietary treatment of hypertension. II. Sodium depletion as re-
lated to the therapeutic effect. J. Clin. Invest. 30:584-95.
With V. P. Dole. A nomogram for the calculation of relative cen-
trifugal force. Science 113:552-53.
With V. P. Dole. Metabolism of amines. I. Microdetermination of
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With V. P. Dole. Metabolism of amines. II. Mitochondrial localiza-
tion of monoamine oxidase. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 78:157-60.
1952
With V. P. Dole. The activity of histaminase in tissues. J. Biol. Chem.
196:235-42.
Monoamine oxidase: substrates and inhibitors. In Transactions of the
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1953
With V. P. Dole, L. K. Dahl, I. L. Schwartz, J. H. Thaysen, and C.
Harris. Dietary treatment of hypertension. III. The effects of pro-
tein on appetite and weight. J. Clin. Invest. 32:185-91.
1954
With L. K. Dahl and B. G. Stall III. Metabolic effects of marked
sodium restriction on hypertensive patients; changes in the total
exchangeable sodium and potassium. J. Clin. Invest. 33:1397-1406.
With H. A. Eder, H. D. Lauson, F. P. Chinard, R. Greif, and D. D.
Van Slyke. A study of the mechanisms of edema formation in
patients with the nephrotic syndrome. J. Clin. Invest. 33:636-56.
With I. Serlin and J. J. Greenough. Preparation of soluble monoam-
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1955
With L. S. Maynard. The partition of manganese among organs and
intracellular organelles of the rat. J. Biol. Chem. 214:489-95.
With I. Serlin. Microdiffusion of acetic acid as an assay for acetyl-
cholinesterase. J. Biol. Chem. 215:263-68.
With L. S. Maynard. The study of certain phases of cell dynamic
states with short lived isotopes as exemplified by Mn56 partition
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With L. K. Dahl and B. G. Stall. Metabolic effects of marked sodium
restriction in hypertensive patients. Skin electrolyte losses. J. Clin.
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1957
With I. Serlin. State of tissue acetylcholinesterase as determined by
Cobalt 60 gamma radiation inactivation. Radiat. Res. 6:55-66.
1958
With J. J. Greenough. Concomitant analysis for oxygen uptake and
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Biochem. Biophys. 75:15-23.
With J. J. Greenough. Specificity of the manganese pathway through
the body. J. Clin. Invest. 37:1298-1305.
With D. C. Borg. Manganese metabolism in man: rapid exchange of
Mn 56 with tissue as demonstrated by blood clearance and liver
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Manganese in health and disease. Physiol. Rev. 38:503-32.
With A. J. Bertinchamps. Dosimetry of radioisotopes. Science 128:988-
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With D. C. Borg. Incorporation of manganese into erythrocytes as
evidence for a manganese porphyrin in man. Nature 182:1677-78.
1959
With A. J. Bertinchamps and J. J. Greenough. Thirst for bile in rats
with bile fistulas. Nature 184:1405.
With J. J. Greenough. Quantitative estimation of amineoxidase. Na-
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Diagnostic uses of radioisotopes. Symposium and panel discussion
on the uses of radioisotopes in clinical practice. NY State J. Med.
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1960
With J. J. Greenough. Dependence of periodic activation and inhi-
bition of monoaminoxidase by aliphatic compounds upon chain-
length. Nature 185:384-85.
Metabolic relations of manganese to other minerals. Symposium on
Interactions of Mineral Elements in Nutrition and Metabolism.
Fed. Proc. 19:655-58.
With D. C. Borg and A. J. Bertinchamps. Clinical experience with
manganese. In Metal-Binding in Medicine, ed. M. J. Seven and L.
A. Johnson, pp. 50-58. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
1961
Manganese versus magnesium: Why are they so similar in vitro and
so different in vivo? Fed. Proc. pt. II, suppl. 10, 20:98-103.
With P. S. Papavasiliou. Neutron activation analysis: the determina-
tion of manganese. J. Biol. Chem. 236:2365-69.
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1963
With P. S. Papavasiliou and S. T. Miller. Neutron activation analysis:
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clinical and biological studies of manganese. In Third Colloque
International de Biologie de Saclay, pp. 287-306.
1964
Trace metals: essential or detrimental to life? Brookhaven Lecture
Series, vol. 26, pp. 1-14.
With M. H. Van Woert. Manganese poisoning—new insights. Lima,
Peru. Oct. 1963. Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatria, pp. 392-404.
With P. S. Papavasiliou. Primordial homeostasis in a mammal as
shown by the control of manganese. Nature 201:828-29.
With B. M. Patten, A. Sakamoto, M. H. Van Woert, and P. S. Papavasiliou.
Tremorine induced tremor versus extrapyramidal disease. Nature
201:929-30.
With P. S. Papavasiliou and S. T. Miller. Manganese in melanin.
Nature 201:1228-29.
With P. S. Papavasiliou. The specificity of the zinc pathway through
the body: homeostatic considerations. Am. J. Physiol. 206:787-92.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, M. H. Van Woert, and A. Sakamoto. Mel-
anogenesis and extrapyramidal diseases. Fed. Proc. 23:713-18.
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Deutschen Gesellschaft fur innere Medizin, 70:327-30. German
Society of Internal Medicine, Wiesbaden.
Transport, homeostasis and specificity in trace metal metabolism.
In Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Nutrition, pp.
252-69. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone.
1965
With K. N. Prasad and H. A. Johnson. A cytoplasmic organelle of
melanocytes. Nature 205:525-26.
With K. N. Prasad. A nomogram for the estimation of microcuries
and millimicrograms from cpm. J. Nucl. Med. 6:297-99.
With E. Homsher. Antidiuretic hormone and bile flow. Nature 208:687-
88.
With M. H. Van Woert. Possible roles of melanin in some extrapyra-
midal functions. In Monographs Biology and Medicine, p. 95. New
York: Grunne & Stratton.
With M. H. Van Woert and A. R. Nicholson. Functional similarities
between the cytoplasmic organelles of melanocytes and the mito-
chondria of hepatocytes. Nature 208:810-11.
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1966
Manganese, melanins and the extrapyramidal system. J. Neurosurg.
24:170-80.
With M. H. Van Woert. Anion inhibition of monoamine oxidase.
Biochem. Pharmacol. 15:275-85.
With S. T. Miller and J. Edwards. Neutron activation analysis: the
stability of manganese concentrations in human blood and plasma.
J. Lab. Clin. Med. 67:836-49.
With A. A. Britton. Dependence of manganese turnover on intake.
Am. J. Physiol. 211:203-6.
With E. R. Hughes and S. T. Miller. Tissue concentrations of man-
ganese and adrenal function. Am. J. Physiol. 211:207-10.
With P. S. Papavasiliou and S. T. Miller. Role of the liver in regulat-
ing distribution and excretion of manganese. Am. J. Physiol. 211:211-
16.
With A. J. Bertinchamps and S. T. Miller. Interdependence of routes
excreting manganese. Am. J. Physiol. 211:217-24.
1967
Manganese in biological system. In Encyclopedia of Biochemistry, ed.
R. J. Williams and E. M. Lansford, Jr., p. 506. New York: Reinhold.
With M. H. Van Woert and L. Schiffer. Aromatic amino acids and
modification of Parkinsonism. N. Engl. J. Med. 276:374-79.
With I. Mena, O. Marin, and S. Fuenzalida. Chronic manganese
poisoning: clinical picture and manganese turnover. Neurology 17:128-
36.
With M. H. Van Woert and A. Nicholson. Mitochondrial functions
of polymelanosomes. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 22:477-85.
With A. C. Foradori, A. Bertinchamps, and J. M. Gulibon. The dis-
crimination between magnesium and manganese by serum pro-
teins. J. Gen. Physiol. 50:2255.
Importance of trace substance in environmental health as exempli-
fied by manganese. Paper presented at the First Annual Confer-
ence on Trace Substances in Environmental Health, University
of Missouri, Columbia.
Dopa and Parkinsonism (Letter to the Editor) Br. Med. J. 3:497.
With P. S. Papavasiliou. Therapeutic studies of Parkinsonian pa-
tients: long-term effects of D-L and L-dopa. In Progress in Neuro-
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Genetics, ed. A. Barbeau, and J-R. Brunette, pp. 357-65. Amsterdam:
Excerpta Medica Foundation.
1968
With P. S. Papavasiliou, E. R. Hughes, L. Tang, and D. C. Borg.
Slow turnover of manganese in active rheumatoid arthritis accel-
erated by prednisone. J. Clin. Invest. 47:992-1001.
With K. Horiuchi, S. Fuenzalida, and I. Mena. Chronic manganese
poisoning: clearance of tissue manganese burdens with persis-
tence of the neurological picture. Neurology 18:376-82.
With A. C. Foradori. Trace metal metabolism. In The Biological Basis
of Medicine, ed. E. E. and N. Bittar, vol. 1, chap. 3, pp. 105-21.
New York: Academic Press.
L-dopa for Parkinsonism. N. Engl. J. Med. 278-630.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, R. Gellene, and R. B. Aronson. Parkinsonism
and dopa. Trans. Assoc. Am. Physicians 81:171-83.
With P. S. Papavasiliou and S. T. Miller. Functional interactions
between biogenic amines, 3′, 5′-cyclic AMP and manganese. Na-
ture 220:74-75.
Dihydroxyphenylalanine treatment of Parkinsonism. JAMA 205:129.
1969
With P. S. Papavasiliou, R. Gellene, R. B. Aronson, and I. Mena.
Long-term effects of dopa on Parkinsonism: a proposal. In Third
Symposium on Parkinson’s Disease, ed. F. G. Gillingham and I. M. L.
Donaldson, pp. 178-81. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone.
With P. S. Papavasiliou and R. Gellene. Modification of Parkinsonism:
dyskinesias accompanying treatment with dopa. In Psychotropic Drugs
and Dysfunctions of Basal Ganglia: A Multidisciplinary Workshop, Public
Health Series Publication 1938, ed. G. E. Crane and R. Gardner,
Jr., pp. 140-47. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Of-
fice.
With P. S. Papavasiliou and R. Gellene. Modification of Parkinsonism:
chronic treatment with L-dopa. N. Engl. J. Med. 280:337-45.
With P. S. Papavasiliou. Autoimmunity in patients treated with L-
dopa. JAMA 207:1353-54.
L-dopa (L-DOPA) treatment of Parkinsonism. JAMA 207:1522.
Parkinsonism and dopa: an editorial. J. Chronic Dis. 22:297-301.
With I. Mena, K. Horiuchi, and K. Burke. Chronic manganese poi-
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1970
Limiting factors in the treatment with dopa. In L-dopa and Parkinsonism,
ed. A. Barbeau and F. H. McDowell, pp. 3-5. Philadelphia; F. A.
Davis.
With I. Mena, J. Court, S. Fuenzalida, and P. S. Papavasiliou. Modi-
fication of chronic manganese poisoning: treatment with L-dopa
or 5-OH tryptophan. N. Engl. J. Med. 282:5-10.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, C. Fehling, B. Kaufman, and I. Mena. Simi-
larities between neurological effects of L-dopa and of apomorphine.
N. Engl. J. Med. 282:31-33.
Catecholamines in the brain. N. Engl. J. Med. 282:513.
With S. Duby, J. Z. Ginos, A. Steck, and P. S. Papavasiliou. Dopam-
ine analogues for studies of Parkinsonism. N. Engl. J. Med. 283:1289.
1971
Levodopa in the treatment of Parkinsonism. The George R. Minot
Memorial Lecture, Chicago, Ill., June 22, 1970, JAMA 218:1903-8.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, A. Steck, and S. Duby. Parkinsonism and
levodopa. Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 12:319-22.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, J. Z. Ginos, A. Steck, and S. Duby. Meta-
bolic modification of Parkinson’s disease and of chronic manga-
nese poisoning. Ann. Rev. Med. 22:305-26.
With L. Tang, J. Z. Ginos, A. R. Nicholson, and P. S. Papavasiliou.
Block of cerebral actions of L-dopa with methyl-receptor sub-
stances. Nature 231:533-34.
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With P. S. Papavasiliou. Blocking the negative effects of vitamin B6
on patients receiving L-dopa. JAMA 215:1504-5.
With L. C. Tank, S. T. Miller, and J. Z. Ginos. Melatonin and abnor-
mal movements induced by L-dopa in mice. Science 173:450-52.
With I. Mena and J. Court. Levodopa, involuntary movements and
fusaric acid. JAMA 218:1829-30.
L-dopa and prognosis. In Developments in Treatment for Parkinson’s
Disease, ed. G. C. Cotzias and F. H. McDowell, pp. 78-84. New
York: Medcom Press.
With S. E. Duby, A. J. Steck, and P. S. Papavasiliou. Apomorphine
versus L-dopa in Parkinsonism. Fed. Proc. 30:126.
With S. E. Duby and L. K. Dahl. Coupling of hypotensive and anti-
Parkinson effects with two dopaminergic drugs. Trans. Assoc. Am.
Physicians 84:289-96.
1972
With P. S. Papavasiliou, S. E. Duby, A. J. Steck, C. Fehling, and M.
A. Bell. Levodopa in parkinsonism: potentiation of central ef-
fects with a peripheral inhibitor. N. Engl. J. Med. 286:8-14.
Levodopa-orally or intravenously; negative pyridoxine effect. JAMA
219:226.
With W. H. Lawrence, P. S. Papavasiliou, S. E. Duby, J. Z. Ginos,
and I. Mena. Apomorphine and Parkinsonism. Trans. Am. Neurol.
Assoc. 97:156-59.
With J. Z. Ginos, A. LoMonte, and S. Wolf. Apomorphine: its dopam-
inergic action and its spectrofluorimetric determination. Fed. Proc.
31:269, 312.
With L. C. Tang, S. T. Miller, D. Sladic-Simic, and L. S. Hurley. A
mutation influencing the transportation of manganese, levodopa
and tryptophan. Science 176:410-12.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, S. E. Duby, A. J. Steck, and J. Z. Ginos.
Some newer metabolic concepts in the treatment of Parkinsonism.
Neurology 22(Suppl.):82-85.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, S. E. Duby, A. J. Steck, M. Bell, and W. H.
Lawrence. Melatonin and Parkinsonism. JAMA 221:88-89.
With L. C. Tank and I. Mena. Effects of inhibitors and stimulators
of protein synthesis on the cerebral actions of levodopa. In Chemical
Approaches to Brain Function, Neurosciences Research, ed. S. Ehrenpreis
and I. J. Kopin, vol. 5, pp. 97-108. New York: Academic Press.
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1973
With P. S. Papavasiliou and I. Mena. L-meta-tyrosine and Parkinsonism.
JAMA 223:83.
With N. G. Gillespie, I. Mena, and M. A. Bell. Diets affecting treat-
ment of Parkinsonism with levodopa. J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 62:525-28.
Levodopa and related drugs. Medical Letter 15:21-24.
With P. S. Papavasiliou and W. H. Lawrence. Levodopa and dopam-
ine in cerebrospinal fluid. Neurology 23:756-59.
With J. Z. Ginos, A. LoMonte, A. K. Bose, and R. J. Brambilla.
Synthesis of tritium- and deuterium-labeled apomorphine. J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 95:2991-94.
With I. Mena and P. S. Papavasiliou. Overview of present treatment
of Parkinsonism with Levodopa. Adv. Neurol. 2:265-77.
With I. Mena, F. C. Brown, P. S. Papavasiliou, and S. T. Miller.
Defective release of growth hormone in Parkinsonism improved
by levodopa. N. Engl. J. Med. 288:320-21.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, I. Mena, and M. Bell. Oxybate sodium for
Parkinsonism. JAMA 224:130.
1974
Levodopa, manganese and degenerations of the brain. In The Harvey
Lectures, series 68, pp. 115-47. New York: Academic Press.
With P. S. Papavasiliou and I. Mena. Short and long-term approaches
to the “on and off” phenomenon. Adv. Neurol. 5:379-86.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, I. Mena, L. C. Tang, and S. T. Miller. Man-
ganese and catecholamines. Adv. Neurol. 5:235-43.
With I. Mena, P. S. Papavasiliou, and J. Mendez. Unexpected find-
ings with apomorphine and their possible consequences. Adv.
Neurol. 5:295-99.
With I. Mena, P. S. Papavasiliou, J. Mendez, and F. C. Brown. Chronic
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treatment with Levodopa and growth hormone release. Adv. Neurol.
5:471-76.
With J. S. Mendez, P. S. Papavasiliou, and I. Mena. “On-off” phe-
nomenon during treatment of Parkinsonism with L-dopa. In Cur-
rent Concepts in the Treatment of Parkinsonism, ed. M. D. Yahr, pp.
151-60. New York: Raven Press.
With W. G. Clark, M. K. Menon, L. R. Hines, R. M. Hoar, S. M.
Kurtz, P. A. Mattis, I. Iwai, H. Watanabe, and J. C. Page. The
acute toxicity of l-dopa. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 28:1-7.
With S. T. Miller, A. R. Nicholson, Jr., W. H. Maston, and L. C.
Tang. Prolongation of the life-span in mice adapted to large amounts
of L-dopa. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 71:2466-69.
With L. C. Tang and J. Z. Ginos. Monoamine oxidase and cerebral
uptake of dopaminergic drugs. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 71:2715-
19.
With L. C. Tang and M. Dunn. Changing the actions of neuroactive
drugs by changing brain protein synthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
U.S.A. 71:3350-54.
1975
With J. S. Mendez, I. Mena, and P. S. Papavasiliou. Diphenylhydantoin:
blocking of levodopa effects. Arch. Neurol. 32:44-46.
With I. Mena. Protein intake and treatment of Parkinson’s disease
with levodopa. N. Engl. J. Med. 292:181-84.
With S. T. Miller and H. A. Evert. Control of tissue manganese:
initial absence and sudden emergence of excretion in the neona-
tal mouse. Am. J. Physiol. 4:1080-84.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, S. T. Miller, H. W. Kraner, R. Hsieh. Se-
quential analysis: manganese, catecholamines and L-dopa induced
dyskinesia. J. Neurochem. 25:215.
With J. S. Mendez, E. W. Finn, and K. Dahl. Rotatory behavior
induced in nigra-lesioned rats by N-propylnoraporphine,
apomorphine and levodopa. Life Sci. 16:1737-42.
With P. S. Papavasiliou, J. Z. Ginos, and E. Tolosa. Treatment of
Parkinson’s disease and allied conditions. In The Nervous System,
ed. D. B. Tower and T. N. Chase, vol. 2., pp.323-29. New York:
Raven Press.
With J. Z. Ginos, E. Tolosa, L. C. Tang, and A. LoMonte. Cholin-
ergic effects of molecular segments of apomorphine and dopa-
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1976
With L. C. Tang. Modification of the actions of some neuroactive
drugs by growth hormone. Arch. Neurol. 33:131-34.
1978
With P. S. Papavasiliou, V. F. L. Rosal, and S. T. Miller. Treatment
of Parkinsonism with N-n-propyl norapomorphine and levodopa
(with or without carbidopa). Arch. Neurol. 35:787-91.
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